[CamaroAJ]

Saturday I decided it was time to tackle the front fenders to get started on making them wider to clear the wheels. In order for that to happen I needed to get the lower fenders mounted. I decided to extent the outer rocker and start the flair with that. I bought a repop outer rocker to save myself some time making the bends hoping it would line up easier. To get started with everything I marked the fender and made my first cut into very expensive fenders.



As you can tell from the picture below the repop rocker wasn't even close to the same size, bend angles, or dimensions as a stock rocker.



With the top part of the rocker the only thing remotely close to right I took the rocker sections and rolled them with a very flat wheel in the english wheel.



After bending the correct dimensions into the rocker I ran it through the stretcher and again through the english wheel to give it a little curve by the door area and it was enough to flow with the body and gain me 1.5" of flair. And yes, I know the body line doesn't line up. I have some more trimming to do on the bottom of the fender, but its easier to remove then it is to add.





With the passenger side tacked mostly welded in I moved onto the driver side.



With the new extensions mostly welded in I went back to the passenger side to start finishing it out. I started with the end cap so I could tie into the frame rail and make sure nothing moved. I left the top and bottom open as I need to install Rivnuts to mount the wheel well liner when I get that made and I need to weld in tubed so I can run bolts up into the fender. The back side of the fender will have aluminum L channel bonded to it on the back side.




I also checked fitment of the trans tunnel plate as well. I made it 3.5" longer because of the wheel base change and cut it out of 1/8" aluminum. This is more than likely going to be made out of carbon fiber as well.